Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (18701938). Rogets International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
Section II. Personal Affections
1. Passive Affections
REGRET, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du pays [F.], maladie du pays [F.]; lamentation [See Lamentation]; penitence [See Penitence].
BITTERNESS, heartburning. laudator temporis acti [L.] (discontent) [See Discontent].
REGRET, deplore; bewail (lament) [See Lamentation]; repine, cast a longing lingering look behind; rue, rue the day; repent [See Penitence]; infandum renovare dolorem [L.].
prey -, weigh -, have a weight- on the mind; leave an aching void.
REGRETTING &c. v.; regretful; homesick.
REGRETTED &c. v.; much to be regretted, regrettable; lamentable (bad) [See Badness].
what a pity! hang it or hang it all! [colloq.].
tis true tis pity; And pity tis tis true.Hamlet
sighd and lookd and sighd again.Dryden
Bombazine would have shown a deeper sense of her loss.Gaskell
I am a lone, lorn creetur and every think goes contrairy with me.Mrs. Gummidge, in David Copperfield